Bolt galloped away in celebration after a superb win, basking in the adulation of the stadium and even taking selfies with fans during his lap of honor. I’m just happy that I won and that’s the key thing.
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“I believe they missed the chance of beating Bolt”, said Maurice Greene, the 2000 Olympic 100m champion.
The victory left Bolt standing alone in the 120-year history of sprinting in the modern Olympic games.
A US Olympic Committee spokesperson said: “Their taxi was stopped by individuals posing as armed police officers who demanded the athletes’ money and other personal belongings”.
“Somebody said I can become immortal”.
On Thursday night, Bolt will hope to make more history and go back-to-back-to-back in the 200m also.
Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the men’s 100 metres and these people on Twitter were very observant about what just happened.
A corruption scandal involving the sport’s former rulers, who were accused of accepting bribes to cover up positive drug tests, and an investigation which alleged an elaborate state-sponsored doping system in Russian Federation have plunged track and field into the worst crisis in its history.
Athletes have been unusually vocal about doping during the Rio Games and fellow American Lily King, who won gold in the 100m breaststroke and the 4x100m medley, said in response to a question that she believed Gatlin should not have been included on the team.
But those fears were swept away by the smiling, laughing figure of Bolt, for so long the sport’s most charismatic showman.
Defending champion Kirani James from Grenada was second in 43.76 and American LaShawn Merritt was third in 43.85 in a stunning race where four of the top six finishers set personal bests.
On the boos for Gatlin, he said: “I was surprised”.
Sumgong came home in a time of 2hr 24min 04sec to clinch Kenya’s first-ever women’s marathon gold. “I refused, I was like we didn t do anything wrong, so – I m not getting down on the ground”, Lochte told NBC News.
Gatlin meanwhile put a courageous face on his defeat – the eighth out of nine meetings with Bolt.
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Bolt had made a major statement of intent in the semi-finals as he cruised into the final in 9.86 secs which was the fastest of the three races.
